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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title III: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article 964

They have jurisdiction to rule that the appeal is inadmissible pursuant to Article 963 :the First President;the President of the Chamber to which the case is distributed;the Conseiller de la mise en é…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Proceedings without mandatory representation.

Article 991

The respondent to the appeal has a period of two months from notification of the appellant's statement of case or from the expiry of the three-month period provided for in Article 989 to submit a stat…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section III: Appeal by joint application.

Article 927

In addition to the information prescribed in Article 57, the joint application shall contain, on pain of inadmissibility: 1° A certified copy of the judgment; 2° Where applicable, an indication of the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Judgments in accelerated proceedings on the merits

Article 481-1

Unless otherwise provided, where it is provided by law or regulation that a decision is to be taken under the accelerated procedure on the merits, the application shall be lodged, investigated and jud…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Prerogatives.

Article L5312-4-3

When, during an inspection, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé finds that the laws and regulations applicable to the activities and products mentioned in Article L…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Financing of vocational training

Article L6523-2-4

For the application in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon ofarticle L. 6332-17 of the Labour Code, 1° of this artic…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Automatic provisional enforcement

Article 514-4

Where provisional enforcement by operation of law has been set aside in whole or in part, its reinstatement may be requested, in the event of an appeal, only from the first president or, as soon as he…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter III: Definitive advertising

Article R533-4

Final publication shall be made within a period of two months running as follows: 1° From the day on which the title establishing the creditor's rights has become res judicata; 2° If the proceedings h…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article R211-42

The third party payer shall indicate to the insurer, for each sum for which he is claiming reimbursement, the legislative, regulatory or contractual provision under which this sum is due to the victim…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Direct allowances

Article 411-18

Direct allocations are granted in addition to the sums invested by the production companies when the short cinematographic works give rise to production expenses in France for at least 80% of their fi…

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